Special Edition Using® Microsoft® CRM

Deployment Manager

Deployment Manager is installed with the Microsoft CRM server installation. You can access it on the CRM server by going to Start, Programs, Microsoft CRM, Deployment Manager. Deployment Manager is implemented as a snap-in to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Its interface has the familiar MMC explorer style.

As we work through the various functions in Deployment Manager you will notice that it has been designed as a tool to service multiple Microsoft CRM installations. For example, when you use User Manager to add a new user, you have to select the specific CRM implementation to which you want to add the user. Although not fully implemented at this time, this multi-deployment design is no doubt intended for organizations ...